Improvement in bee-feeders



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IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-IEEDERS.

The Schedule referred to in. these Letters Patent and making part of the-same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES GATLIN VANl DEU- SEN, of Sprout Brook, i'n the county of Montgomery, and in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bee-Feeders; and do hereby declare that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles -of my said improvement, by which my invention may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to that class of appliances, used in connection with bee-hives, termed bee-feeders, and

the nature thereof consists in providing an apparatus,I

by means of which the force of atmospheric pressure is utilizedA for the purpose of holding in suspension the substance with which the bees are fed.`

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, and forms a part of the specification thereof, `in which corresponding parts are illustrated by similar letters,

Figure 1 represents the receiver, with an annular rubber band' applied thereto;

Figures 2 and 3 designate the perforated covers;

and

'Figure 4 illustrates the cover and receiver, joinedI the annular piece b, which is preferably manufactured of India rubber.

In using the appliance, the receiveriA is filled with the liquid with which it is proposed to feed the bees,

` the' annular rubber strip or ring b is moistened and.

sprung around the smaller end of the receiver, and the cover C pressed evenly and firmly thereon, in such a manner as to form an air-tight connection between the parts in contact. The apparatus is then quickly inverted, and the perforated cover placed over an aperture inthe hive.

The capacity and shape of the feeder may he varied to adapt it to the different hives in use.

The liquid contained in the receiver is held in suspension above the hive by the Well-known physical laws governing atmospheric pressure and capillary attraction.

Having thus described my invention, Y

lWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An apparatus, in which the forces of atmospheric pressure and capillary attraction are utilized, and the* application of the above forces for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of Fehruary, 1870.

O. C. VAN DEUSEN. [11. s.] Witnesses:

ALBERT WENDELL, CHARLES E. WENDELL. 

